Welcome. If you are like most of us, you will love pontoon life. The only problem is that they keep making them nicer and more powerful each year making us want the latest model.
Welcome to our group. Great place for Bennington owners! We basically have the 2017 version of the boat you are looking at purchasing. Ours is a 2017 24’ SSBXP SPS hull w/ 200Hp Mercury Verado motor. What hull and motor is on the one you are looking at?
Like our boat a lot. It offered a lot for the price when we ordered it in the winter of 2016. Hopefully you will like the transition from your former jet boat to pontoon life. They do offer A LOT of flexibility for usage and guests.
Welcome to our group. Great place for Bennington owners! We basically have the 2017 version of the boat you are looking at purchasing. Ours is a 2017 24’ SSBXP SPS hull w/ 200Hp Mercury Verado motor. What hull and motor is on the one you are looking at?
Like our boat a lot. It offered a lot for the price when we ordered it in the winter of 2016. Hopefully you will like the transition from your former jet boat to pontoon life. They do offer A LOT of flexibility for usage and guests.
Thank you so much! It’s 25’ length, I assume SPS hull with the Yamaha VMax 250 motor.
My dealer made a warranty claim with Bennington and it’s going to get a complete tear down over the winter, replacing the wood and new seagrass flooring.
We are going to close on the boat a little later this morning. Wish us luck!
We bought a 2023 Tritoon 25ft RX Sport with a 425 Yamaha XTO Offshore. A dealership was selling it on consignment. They did give us a print out of specs but no definitive on gas tank size. HID is ETWN4113L223. Can anyone help us out with this or send a link as to how to find out this information?
The gas tank capacity should be stamped on a specification plate on the top of the tank. Accessing the tank varies by model. On my R23, there is a round access cover under the swingback. On my former 2275 GCW, you could pull up the backrest of the port stern lounger and see the top of the tank.
welcome to the forum. I'm sure your gonna love the pontoon life. For me, I was just the opposite. I ended up going from a Bennington for 13 years to the jet boat life due to water level conditions and other reasons with water sports etc. What jet boat did you have? Just curious. I am also very active on Jetboaters.net.
Post pics when you get your new Benny and good luck with it
welcome to the forum. I'm sure your gonna love the pontoon life. For me, I was just the opposite. I ended up going from a Bennington for 13 years to the jet boat life due to water level conditions and other reasons with water sports etc. What jet boat did you have? Just curious. I am also very active on Jetboaters.net.
Post pics when you get your new Benny and good luck with it
We had a 2007 Yamaha SX230 in blue color. That boat was twin of Bruce’s boat (forum admin) I had to decide whether to invest in a re-upholster job and a full wrap and keep her or take the plunge and go pontoon.
So far, I miss the ability to split the sticks with twins, but I’m getting the hang of the Benny. Neutral, then steer then in gear for low speed maneuvering. The concept of trimming the outboard I'm starting to figure out too.
We had a 2007 Yamaha SX230 in blue color. That boat was twin of Bruce’s boat (forum admin) I had to decide whether to invest in a re-upholster job and a full wrap and keep her or take the plunge and go pontoon.
So far, I miss the ability to split the sticks with twins, but I’m getting the hang of the Benny. Neutral, then steer then in gear for low speed maneuvering. The concept of trimming the outboard I'm starting to figure out too.
Very cool. My cousin's 2009 SX230 is blue. Seems like a lot of those late 2000's boats were blue (at least we see that color mostly in our waters).
I've had single and twin outboards my whole life, but I was very nervous about going to a jet boat. Especially with how everyone says they steer like a drunken Monkey.
But to my surprise, they aren't as hard to steer as everyone made it seem. LIke you said, split the sticks and you can put these things anywhere. I was worried I'd need cobra fins or thrust vectors. Although I'm sure they help the older hulls out that don't have the keel like the new ones. My cousin has cobra's.
You'll get used that toon in no time. Trim down for low speed maneuverability, trim up for speed and a dry ride in a chop. You got plenty of HP in that Vmax, so it should be fun.
As many forum members say, post pics of the new boat or it didn't happen! Good luck this weekend with the purchase!
Todd
